Flying-machine.



C. W. WALLER.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001". 0, 1010.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

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C. W. WALLBR. -FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00w. 6, 1910.

999,278. Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

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UNITED STA S PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES .W. WALLER, OF CHICAGO, ILIiINOIS.

FLYING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

Application filed October 6, 1910. Serial No. 585,566.

' means of suitable propellers and balanced by means of suitable vertically and horizontally arranged rudders.

My invention relates more particularlyto improvements in aeroplanes, the primary object being to provide a new form ofaeroplane adapted to present a more effective sustaining surface on its underside as well as being adapted to more efl'ectively maintain lateral balance.

A, further object of, the invention is to improve the arrangement and relative disposition of the respective aeroplanes, as well as to provide a novel arrangement of vertical and horizontal rudders adapted to 00- operate with the aeroplane for controlling the direction of flight, as well as for main taining orrestoring equilibrium to meet the exigencies of flight.

A'still further .object is to provide improved means in theform of pontoons for safely effecting a landing upon a body of water.

-. With the above mentioned and other objects in view, the'invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combina'tion' of parts, hereinafter descr bed, lllllS- trated some of its embodiments in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pose of clearer illustration of the parts.

ig. 2, is a side elevation of the same, the lateral balancing planes being removed.

" I F ig. 3, a front elevation of .thesame, the

front rudders being removed Fig. 4, a top plan view, the lateral balancing planes be- .m removedp v gimilar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.

The improved machine comprises a 'trussed frame made up, in the resent instance, of a plurality of longitu inally ex-. tending bars 1, suitably connected by means of a plurality of connecting transverse bars or members 2, and suitably braced by means of suitable truss members 3. The frame also comprises a plurality of upright standards 4, by means of which the superposed aeroplanes are supported and connected to each other. r

The aeroplanes are of. concavo-convex shape so as to resent a longitudinally troughed undersi e or sustaining surface and preferably extend longitudinally in the direction of flight as shown.

Irftne present embodiment of my invent1on'I have shown an u per and a lower set of longitudinally troug ed aeroplanes com prising a main. plane 5, and lateral planes 6, the lower or subjacent plane comprising lateral planes 7, connected at their front.

and rear by means of short connecting planes 8, and providin .an intermediate 0 enspace A, beneath t e up eror main p ans 5, as shown most clearly in Fig. 'lfof the drawings.- A main propeller. 9, is mounted in the, open space A, immediately beneath the main plane-'5', Ysaid 'pro ller 9, being mountedflonia.- drivingsha 10,

connected to suitable engines or motors 11,

supported on ,trussed frames for bridge members 12. i

' Propellers 13, are mounted and interposed between the side or lateral planes 6, and 7, b means of propeller shafts 13, mounte in suitable bearings 14, car ried by suitable brace bars 15. The propellers 13, are driven or actuated, in the present instance, .by means 'of sprocket wheels or pulleys '16, provided with suitable sprocket chains or beltings 17, passingover sprocket wheels or pulleys 10, on the main propeller shaft" 10. Liquid fuelor gasolene storage tanks 18, may be carried beneath he main plane 5, and connected to the engines or motors 11, by means of suitable supply pipes 19. i

The lateral'planes 6, and 7, are preferably provided with upwardly and outwardly inclined lateral balancing planes '20, suitably sustained and braced by means of the trussed.

frames-20", as illustrated in Figs. 1, and 3,

of the drawings.

As a meansv foncontrolling the fdi'rection" Offllght, as well as for maintaining or re-J storing equilibrium, 1 fore and aft, vertical;

rudders 21, and 21, are mounted'between the planes 5, and 8, and thelateral planes" wires or cables. 27, passing oversuitable to a' 'sheave'pulley' 29, said sheave pulleyb'e guide pulleys orfelements 28, and connected ing carried upon the-horizontally dis steering shaft 29, mounted in suitable: earings and provided with a steering wheel .30.-

' .the operator.

I pontoons from, said auxiliary planes being preferably 5'5" tending in {A Kin; such folded-position against the resist The steering wheels 24, 'and- 30,. together with.. th eir attachments and mountings are supported on trussed bridge members 31, and532; the latter providing a seat '32, 'for Asa means for safely effecting a landing and supporting the machine upon a body of water, longitudinally extending pontoons 33, are carried beneath the aeroplanes, said being also provided with supporting Wheels 34,- for supporting the-machine on land,

p The troughedaeroplanes may be normally disposed at any suitable or desired an le of incidence, and as a further-means of a ding .40.:

tothe sustaining power of theaeroplane as thela'tter are driven throughthe air by the propellers, circular or crescent shaped auxlliary'aeroplanes 35, are mountedon the under or-troughed sides ofthe planes and 1nclined rearwardly and downwardly theredisposed in close proximity and to the rear of the propellers 9, and 13,. as illustrated most clearly in Fig. 3, ofthe draw1ngs. I

As a means of safety-in descending in case of accident or-"disarrangemnt of the parts, a parachutemay be PI'OY C16d CPH1pI1S- ing aj-pole or stem member .j-piv'otally mounted atthe rearof'the mac aneeof a .oiled'spring 38.- The parachute" e and nor- 'mally folded forward with its'fit'ee end. ex j Z isignature, the direction of flight and heltl' is maintained in its folded position by means of ajspirally wound cord 39,'secured at suitable' intervals through the loops of a :longitudina'lly extending retaining cord 40. The

zr'etaining cord 40, extends downwardly'as at 40, in proximity to the operator, fise'efFig'. =2) so that by pulling the part 40*,the'para chute maybe loosened to cause the spring 38,

to bring the parachute into a vertical or;

operative position. (,lhe free end of the parachute pole or stem member is prefer ably provided witha'n air cup-36, for the purpose of allowing air pressure to act upon the same andassist in throwing; the parachute to its operative position when released through the medium of the releasing cord A0. -As-a weapon for use in warfare, a depending pivotally mounted rod, member 41, may

be provided at the rear of themachine, said rod member being provided at its free end 42.v The' rod member may be folded longitu'dinally in its longitudinal position or susby means of a cord i3, said member 41, when in its vertical or operative position being adapted to cut-a slit B, in -a hostile gas bag or 'dirigible 4:4, as illustrated in Figs. 2, an

3, of the drawings, and the hookmember 42, I isadapted for use in coming into engage" ment with a hostile aeroplane for turning or upset-ting the same While in theair;

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanyin drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.

-Having thus described an embodimentof vwith a knife member, 41, and a hook member .pendedin its vertical or operative position my invention, .what I'c'laim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is.-

1 In a flying machine, an upper and a lower-set of aeroplanes, the upper set comprising a. main longitudinally troughed aeroplane, and" longitudinally extending troughed lateral aeroplanes, and the lower set comprising subja'cent lateral aeroplanesof like form connected by front and rear planesgand providing an intermediate-open space beneath said main plane.

machine, a frame provided 2 In a flyin 1 aeroplanes having their unwith superpose der'sides longltudinally troug'hed, balancing planes carried at the sides of said aeroplanes and' pontoons carried by said frame beneath said aeroplanes.

Intestimony whereof I have ,afiixed my in presence-of two witnesses.v

HARLES W. WALLER.

Witnesses:

1 GEORGE D. FnA'rimRs'mNE,

GEORGE H. Dnnmnsron. 

